Noquemanon Ski Marathon 2020 E-newsletter – Issue 1 is now available. The big news is we’re going back to the Dome! Click HERE to read more. Hope your ski preparations are going well – fall is coming!
The course is currently being prepped with the final groom. The classic tracks look amazing and will be rock hard and the skate surface is great course wide as well. With the cold temperatures we expect the course to hold up really well through the day. We did hear that one of the bombi’s on […]
The race committee has made the decision that there will be no delay of the start time of the 50K. The 1K Junior Noque on Friday remains cancelled however the 3K and 5K will continue as scheduled. All races will begin at their scheduled time. Please reference the racer bulletin and the schedule page on […]
No real concerns with the course at this point – in fact we should have some of the best conditions we have seen in years throughout the entirety of the course. Temperatures will be very cold however so we are VERY STRONGLY recommending skiers take preventative measures. Do plan for face tape over exposed and frostbite […]
The recent deep cold has done amazing things for our water crossings. Trail prep today was concentrated on Forestville to the Log Yard finish line (final 4K) behind a day and a half of some lake effect and in front of some more impending snow. There is a lot of snow in the terrain from […]
Not too many changes to the trail report at this time since a few days ago – which is quite good news. We will certainly not loose any of our snow – there are some questions about how much additional snow we might get from lake effect between now and race weekend however. At this […]
Director’s Report 1/15/19 Greetings from the 2019 Noquemanon Ski Marathon! Mother Nature has blessed with the right snow and temperatures and our course will be incredibly solid. This year we get to introduce the new Mead Hills bypass in the 24K that we have been working on for a couple of years. It definitely will provide a different […]
NSM Course Update: All new snow from 6K to the Dead River Basin has been rolled. The Basin crossing was also packed to 16 feet wide and a few of the low spots in that area were filled in. More rolling will occur in other areas over the next week. The whole trail should be […]
Our area received 8-10 inches of wet heavy snow on Monday and then temperatures dropped and the lake effect snow machine turned on! An additional 6+ inches of snow fell across most of the areas of the course. Early this morning Jason and Andy roll packed the new Mead Hills bypass and then rolled all […]